
CVE catalog
CVE-2021-20179
UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20179
- Severity
- High · CVSS 8.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Published
- Updated
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.22% · Oct 25, 2026
A flaw was found in pki-core. An attacker who has successfully compromised a key could use this flaw to renew the corresponding certificate over and over again, as long as it is not explicitly revoked. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | dogtag-pki | 11 | 10.10.2-2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | dogtag-pki | pro | 10.7.3-4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dogtag-pki | pro | 10.8.3-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dogtag-pki | pro | 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | dogtag-pki | pro | 10.7.3-4 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dogtag-pki | pro | 10.8.3-1ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | dogtag-pki | pro | 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | dogtag-pki | deb | 11 | 10.10.2-2 | Not reported | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20179 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | dogtag-pki | deb | pro | 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1 | Not reported | USN-8158-1 | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | dogtag-pki | deb | pro | 10.8.3-1ubuntu1+esm1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20179 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
No matching packages in this catalog.
Observed:
References
- [https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:0966]
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2021_0851.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-20179]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2021-20179]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-8158-1]
[FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]